booth
1 Americannoun
plural
booths-
a stall, compartment, or light structure for the sale of goods or for display purposes, as at a market, exhibition, or fair.
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a small compartment or boxlike room for a specific use by one occupant.
The customs officer came out of his booth as we drove up.
There aren’t many telephone booths around anymore.
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a small, temporary structure used by voters at elections.
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a partly enclosed compartment or partitioned area, as in a restaurant or music store, equipped for a specific use by one or more persons.
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a temporary structure of any material, as boughs, canvas, or boards, used especially for shelter; shed.
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Ballington 1859–1940, founder of the Volunteers of America 1896 (son of William Booth).
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Edwin Thomas, 1833–93, U.S. actor (brother of John Wilkes Booth).
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Evangeline Cory 1865?–1950, general of the Salvation Army 1934–39 (daughter of William Booth).
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John Wilkes, 1838–65, U.S. actor: assassin of Abraham Lincoln (brother of Edwin Thomas Booth).
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Junius Brutus, 1796–1852, English actor (father of Edwin and John Booth).
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William General Booth, 1829–1912, English religious leader: founder of the Salvation Army 1865.
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William Bramwell 1856–1929, general of the Salvation Army (son of William Booth).
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a male given name.
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Edwin Thomas , son of Junius Brutus Booth. 1833–93, US actor
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John Wilkes , son of Junius Brutus Booth. 1838–65, US actor; assassin of Abraham Lincoln
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Junius Brutus (ˈdʒuːnɪəs ˈbruːtəs). 1796–1852, US actor, born in England
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William . 1829–1912, British religious leader; founder and first general of the Salvation Army (1878)
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a stall for the display or sale of goods, esp a temporary one at a fair or market
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a small enclosed or partially enclosed room or cubicle, such as one containing a telephone ( telephone booth ) or one in which a person casts his or her vote at an election ( polling booth )
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two long high-backed benches with a long table between, used esp in bars and inexpensive restaurants
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(formerly) a temporary structure for shelter, dwelling, storage, etc
Etymology
Origin of booth
First recorded in 1150–1200; Middle English bōthe, from Old Norse būth (compare Old Danish bōth booth); cognate with German Bude
Example Sentences
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Solo booths are often the highlight of these events, but group presentations also shine here.
There’s even vinyl wallpaper in the photo booth.
From Los Angeles Times
Under the Ballot Secrecy Act 2023, it is an offence to be in a polling booth with another person in order to influence that person to vote in a particular way.
From BBC
His subsequent career in the broadcast booth, however, lasted all of two seasons.
An azure booth is flanked by an abstracted mermaid sculpture, and elsewhere howling wolves are engraved into the bar tops.
From Los Angeles Times
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